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Both of our Lionheart Lilies were in bloom. There were a few buds still unopened, but those that had opened were bold and dramatic.
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A field of wild grass filled a field next to the road through Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon.
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A galvanized bucket had been set down on the sidewalk in advance of a firework display. It was partly filled with water and provided a safe place to discard spent fireworks.
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A short video of brief segments caught by a critter camera of our bird bath and fountain located in the Raised Garden beside our home. Several species of birds were captured over several days.
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Brandon loaded a small rocket into a metal stand. He prepared to launch it for the amazement of all the folks present that evening.
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More flowers grew on one of our Scarlet Runner Bean plants. Those flowers stuck out from a cedar lattice attached to a ceder 2x4 board.
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The spent flowers, leaves, and stems had turned a golden bronze for the summer.
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One of the Hen And Chicks plants grew a tall stalk with pink flowers at its tip.
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One the SunPatiens® Paradise Pink flowers began to bloom, they became covered with those flowers.
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This Euphorbia plant was covered in delicate yellow flowers during the spring. Now, mid summer, it had turned brown in contrast to the green behind it.
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The first flowers appeared on a Scarlet Runner Bean plant climbing a lattice in our raised garden bed.
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Brandon instructed his son Oliver in the correct way to position a firework on a manhole cover in the middle of the street.
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Another of the Hen And Chicks plants also grew a tall stalk. This stalk curved toward the sun and, at its tip, was a suggestion of future flowers.
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Pelican posed aboard an old fishing boat.
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This was the second killdeer nest I'd found. The first one was on gravel and this one on flowerbed mulch. Both times the nests were easily overlooked and the eggs hard to spot.
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This is a close-up of the same Pelican I posted yesterday,
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Here is a view of a pelican you don't usually see. A head on view of its enormous bill.
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For an unforgettable wildlife experience, I highly recommend the Elkhorn Slough Safari in Moss Landing. We saw over one hundred sea otters, almost eighty harbor seals and dozens of sea lions very up close and personal.
This photo shows a raft of about eighty sea otters. Raft is the official label for a bunch of otters hanging out together, looking like a raft.
In addition to sea mammals, I also photographed sixteen species of birds. The trip was two hours of wildlife bliss. There were a few . . . |
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It surprises me that a big bird like a Pelican can fly so effortlessly.
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Prehistoric looking pelicans sun and preen in the winter sun.
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After the boat trip on Elkhorn Slough, we stopped by nearby Moss Landing State Beach and saw this marvelous Great Blue Heron.
It may have been a member of the breeding colony we saw from the earlier boat trip.
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A large group of pelicans were perched on the fish processing equipment.
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It was beautiful day in Santa Cruz and I had been photographing the sea lions when this pelican landed a few feet away on the pier railing.
If there was ever a compelling visual argument for birds being the modern descendants of dinosaurs, it's the pelican. I could easily imagine them flying just out of reach above the snapping jaws of some aquatic sea monster.
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The pelican glides effortlessly over the surface of the sea.
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This photo shows a sea lion swimming in the late afternoon sunlight beneath the wharf in Santa Cruz. Lovely light on a lovely animal.
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